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How to keep an offline backup of my files?
I’m trying to work out how to use Dropbox in my use case and one of the things I’ve picked up from other posts is the number of people who get told in quite direct terms that they should have an offline copy of their Dropbox files. My question is - how does that work in a scenario where the laptop only has say 50gb spare…
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Remove backups from a device not linked?
Support guides for removing backups (https://help.dropbox.com/organize/delete-dropbox-backup) say "If you no longer have access to the device, you can delete your backup by unlinking the device from your Dropbox account." In that help file (https://help.dropbox.com/security/device-list-remote-sign-out) it says to "Click…
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I've uploaded my Documents folder to Dropbox inadvertently
I'm using a Mac with MacOS 26 (Tahoe). I recently accessed my Dropbox folder for the first time in a couple of years, and I got a message that I'm using more than my quota of Dropbox storage. I dug around some more and found that the entire Documents folder on my Mac has been uploaded to Dropbox. I never intended this to…
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Dropbox External Drive Backup - Changing Computers
I’ve just found out when you change Laptop / Desktop you can’t continue to use the same external hard drive with Dropbox Backup. This is absolute madness. If you want to continue to use that hard drive with Dropbox Backup you have to re upload the full HD. I have 2TB used on a 4TB external SSD and I’ve just changed to a…
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Is there a way to share or move backup files to my Dropbox folder?
This discussion was created from comments split from: How can I move Dropbox backup files to regular Dropbox? .
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Impossible to Restore an External Drive Backup
Dropbox is an absolute joke! If you back up an external drive and that drive crashes, congratulations — you’ve just discovered that Dropbox “Backup” is basically useless. You cannot restore the backup to a new drive. Let that sink in. A backup service that can’t restore to new hardware... Yeah, funny, I know. Your only…
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Ability to rename Dropbox Backup machine names
Currently in Dropbox Backup all machines are named Mac (1), Mac (2), Mac (3) etc. Please add the ability to change those or at least give an alias so we can be able to understand which machine is which.
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"Updating 42 files" on Dropbox icon for over a year and two Dropbox folders in Library
Application Affected Dropbox Mac: Device MiniMacM4, 2024 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) MacOS 26.3.4 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 244.4.6580 Question or Issue I’ve had the same “Updating 42 files” on my monitor tab icon for over a year. after syncing new addition, it reverts to this notice. There is…
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Can I back up my computer folders after moving the Dropbox folder to another drive?
Users C Drive is low on Space. There is another D Drive installed that has more than enough space. When I attempted to just move the Dropbox folder, it told me it couldnt because the Backups were on a different Drive. So I stopped backups of the folders (Desktop, Documents, Downloads), Did what I needed to do to move them…
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Feedback on the Dropbox desktop app and backup feature
WARNING: DO NOT USE! DropBox **bleep**ed up my file system (MacOS) so bad that even my fellow Apple Developers, experts like you find at Stack Exchange, file system experts from the very best data recovery experts, … can’t help. Problem: it blew up mid-backup. what a mess. Marketing nerd answered my call to support - not…